The Bible never mentions Christmas, gives no date for the birth, and does not ask anyone to mark it. The oldest surviving Roman calendar to list December 25 as the date was compiled in 354. Luke has shepherds in the fields at night, which has led some readers to doubt a midwinter date, and neither Gospel gives a month. What Scripture does supply is the material the season is built from: the prophecies, the announcement, the response of those who…
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